A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED RED TORTOISESHELL BRASS-INLAID BOULLE BRACKET CLOCK, the glazed circular enamel dial with blue-painted enamel Roman numerals signed ETIENNE LENOIR A PARIS, the arched case surmounted by a later flowerhead and C-scroll finial, the glazed sides with ropetwist borders, the case decorated with trailing foliage and on scrolling foliate feet, the movement signed Rusel a Paris, on a scrolling foliate bracket, the clock case and bracket stamped ST. GERMAIN JME, restorations, some mounts probably replaced the clock 37in. (94cm.) high

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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED RED TORTOISESHELL BRASS-INLAID BOULLE BRACKET CLOCK, the glazed circular enamel dial with blue-painted enamel Roman numerals signed ETIENNE LENOIR A PARIS, the arched case surmounted by a later flowerhead and C-scroll finial, the glazed sides with ropetwist borders, the case decorated with trailing foliage and on scrolling foliate feet, the movement signed Rusel a Paris, on a scrolling foliate bracket, the clock case and bracket stamped ST. GERMAIN JME, restorations, some mounts probably replaced the clock 37in. (94cm.) high
the bracket 15¼in. (39cm.) high
Provenance
Sir Richard Williams-Bulkely Bt., Pen-Y-Parc, Beaumaris, Anglesey (until 1947)

Lot Essay

Etienne Lenoir, maître in 1717 or Pierre-Etienne Lenoir, fils de maître in 1743
Jean-Joseph de Saint-Germain, maître in 1748

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